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Topic: Worst/Weakest/Least Favorite Movie In a Series

A variation on the best movie in a series thread I started here a while back, this time picking which movie in each of these respective series you feel is the worst. Remakes, prequels or crossovers count in any series that has them.

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Friday The 13th

Halloween

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Saw

Scream

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Alien

Predator

Phantasm

Evil Dead

Hellraiser

Child's Play

Final Destination

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IMO, the worst in each:

Friday The 13th - Jason X

Halloween - Resurrection

A Nightmare On Elm Street - Freddy's Dead

Saw - Saw III

Scream - Scream 3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation

Alien - Alien Vs. Predator

Predator - Alien Vs. Predator

Phantasm - Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead (still love it).

Evil Dead - Original (still love it, just prefer the sequels)

Hellraiser - Only seen the first six, and I liked Hellbound the least (very unpopular opinion, I know).

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Friday The 13th- #8Halloween- RetributionA Nightmare On Elm Street- Whichever one had the video game scene.Saw- Last one I saw (ha!) was #3, so I'll go with that one.Scream- I'm going with #2 (haven't seen #4 yet)The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- Next Generation- seriously, gag jokes with remote controls and a robotic leg?Alien- #4Predator- Aliens vs. Predator: RequimPhantasm- #1 or 4Evil Dead- Like Lon said, AoD was the weakest, not worstHellraiser- Hellraiser Inferno (#5)- Pinhead shows up for literally 2 minutes.Child's Play- Any besides the 1st, but I'll go with the military academyFinal Destination- The Final Destination (though any after #2 was dumb)

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riday The 13th ~ 7, 10Halloween ~ Resurrection A Nightmare On Elm Street ~ 6Saw ~ Only seen 4, , 4 one Scream ~ Scream 3The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ~ Next GenerationAlien ~ only seen first 3, did not part 3Predator ~ AVP (not seen any for years)Phantasm ~ ( not seen any)Evil Dead ~ NoneHellraiser ~ Only seen 3, i loved them. Child's Play ~ 2, Love the restFinal Destination ~ Part 4

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I don't see it as arguing, man. I see it as discussing. We haven't resorted to calling each other names yet so nothin' but love, brother.

I see the first Evil Dead as a full-on horror movie, Evil Dead 2 as a horror/comedy, and Army of Darkness as a fantasy/comedy. It obviously has horror elements but it doesn't play them for horror, it plays them for laughs. There's nothing scary in the flick at all, but there is a whole lot of humor.

Not that I'm condeming it, mind you; I'm a fan and value it for nostalgic reasons -- the day I got home after ETSing from the Army back in '93, my family threw me a horror movie welcome home party and AOD was the final movie of that night and I just loved it. The only reason I chose it for this questionnaire is because it's the one in the series which strays furthest from the genre, but don't take that to mean I think it's the worst of the series. On the contrary; I think the Evil Dead series as a whole is a rarity in that each film, while different in tone from one another, are all equally classic.

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I'm about to add a bit that will likely get me stoned but I'm fearless. lol

Of the Evil Dead series, I do enjoy them all BUT I would have to say Evil Dead 2 irks me the most. The reason for this is that with the first one, Raimi had a perfect, beautiful, scary as hell flick that is really very effective, even if clunky. But when he essentially remade it AND added comedy with Part 2, it made me feel betrayed as a horror fan. Yes, I said I enjoy it...for what it is. But I still get ticked when I think of how disrespectful he was to his original film. Of course that's just an opinion. But (as you can see with my comment on the Alien series) I abhor it when filmmakers abandon the horror roots of a series. And, by cracky, I just didn't feel that Evil Dead required re-doing. So there.

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It's all good, peoples! We all have our opinions. Mine are the correct ones, but I'll let y'all slide, It would be boring if everyone thought the same thing about every movie. Then I wouldn't be able to call Mavie a poopyhead for dumping on my favorite movie (see above post).

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LoudLon wrote:

I don't see it as arguing, man. I see it as discussing. We haven't resorted to calling each other names yet so nothin' but love, brother.

I see the first Evil Dead as a full-on horror movie, Evil Dead 2 as a horror/comedy, and Army of Darkness as a fantasy/comedy. It obviously has horror elements but it doesn't play them for horror, it plays them for laughs. There's nothing scary in the flick at all, but there is a whole lot of humor.

Not that I'm condeming it, mind you; I'm a fan and value it for nostalgic reasons -- the day I got home after ETSing from the Army back in '93, my family threw me a horror movie welcome home party and AOD was the final movie of that night and I just loved it. The only reason I chose it for this questionnaire is because it's the one in the series which strays furthest from the genre, but don't take that to mean I think it's the worst of the series. On the contrary; I think the Evil Dead series as a whole is a rarity in that each film, while different in tone from one another, are all equally classic.

I knew you would throw in fantasy, I agree that it does have a fantasy "feel" to it also. But since its roots lie from horror its still feels more like a horror movie to me overall. Maybe a horror/fantasy/comedy lol

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People keep saying I have a nice phone/Skype voice, yet whenever I listen myself I think I sound like a rusty frog. Odd.

AoD has the horror tropes- Deadites, skeletons, an army of the undead, the Necronomicon. But the less confined feel and adventure pieces (running around the landscape, building an army) reign in the scary aspect and give it that 'fantasy' feeling Lon is talking about (I'd go more with 'adventure,' but whatever). And once you toss in the 3 Stooges act in the graveyard, I think we have left the horror building. My 2 pence.

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Maven, I agree 100% with everything you said about Evil Dead. I too liked the first one more because it was actually serious and pretty creepy. I also like part 2 but felt he didn't need to do a "remake".

As for Aliens I can't argue that it kinda abandoned its horror roots, to an extent. But I grew up with Aliens and love it so. I do love Alien only slightly more but the rest of the series is good entertainment also for me (even Resurrection to a lesser extent). But iI could also argue that its roots do not lie solely in horror it was also very much a sci/fi film...eh?

Now the Predator series is a different story, I actually agree with Lon on those.

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azathoth wrote:

People keep saying I have a nice phone/Skype voice, yet whenever I listen myself I think I sound like a rusty frog. Odd.

AoD has the horror tropes- Deadites, skeletons, an army of the undead, the Necronomicon. But the less confined feel and adventure pieces (running around the landscape, building an army) reign in the scary aspect and give it that 'fantasy' feeling Lon is talking about (I'd go more with 'adventure,' but whatever). And once you toss in the 3 Stooges act in the graveyard, I think we have left the horror building. My 2 pence.

Look, I was trying to work out a compromise with horror/fantasy/comedy and you gotta go and throw adventure!?!? Goddamndirtyapes!!!

Maybe that's the cool thing about this flick, its diverse enough it can't be bound by a single genre, which is the case with a lot of movie IMO.

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^^^ Alien is totally a horror film. More horror than sci-fi, even; it's often been called a haunted house story in space, and I'm hard pressed to disagree. As for Aliens, I think it's very well made and all that but frankly I got bored once the fifth or sixth alien splattered in a hail of gunfire. The first Alien was scary because it was a single monster kept in the dark in a location with all kinds of nooks and crannies and shadows to hide in and spring from. Aliens stuck a dozen of 'em in the well-lit open where you could see it was just a man in a suit, ruining the mystery of it. More is not always better.

Azzie -- your voice makes you sound like a pleasant and educated fellow. When I hear my own voice when listening to your uploaded Movie Night recordings I think I sound like a dork. My kid's mom used to tell me I sound like Elvis, but she's Canadian so her opinion doesn't count.

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Alien is definitely horror, more so than sci/fi...but its still sci/fi also. My only reason for saying it has some sci/fi roots is to give justification to the fact that Aliens was more sci/fi than horror (but still has some horror elements IMO).

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moviemaven wrote:

I will happily bitchslap anyone who says that Alien is not a horror film.

"Alien isn't a horror film."

Nah, it is, I'm just in the mood to get bitch-slapped. Sci-fi and horror don't have to be exclusive. Sci-fi is based in an universe that is either different from ours or more advanced than we are. Being futuristic doesn't preclude having horror waiting around the corner. For example, Bram Stroker would consider today to be sci-fi, but we still have vampires.

As for Aliens, I'd have to say that the sci-fi/action overtakes the horror element almost completely. Not that it is not a great film ("Game over man!"), just doesn't have the spooky of the first one.

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moviemaven wrote:

I'm about to add a bit that will likely get me stoned but I'm fearless. lol

Of the Evil Dead series, I do enjoy them all BUT I would have to say Evil Dead 2 irks me the most. The reason for this is that with the first one, Raimi had a perfect, beautiful, scary as hell flick that is really very effective, even if clunky. But when he essentially remade it AND added comedy with Part 2, it made me feel betrayed as a horror fan. Yes, I said I enjoy it...for what it is. But I still get ticked when I think of how disrespectful he was to his original film. Of course that's just an opinion. But (as you can see with my comment on the Alien series) I abhor it when filmmakers abandon the horror roots of a series. And, by cracky, I just didn't feel that Evil Dead required re-doing. So there.

I half agree with you. I Prefer the first one aswell because its a full on horror movie and and very effective despite its small budget because of the techniques Raimi uses for e.g with camera angles to create a creepy and surreal experience. I don't think Raimi disrespects the first one with the second though he maybe just thought what he could do with a bigger budget and though i still think the second is good, as i say the firs tone is my favourite.